panencephalitis

Definitions of panencephalitis

1. noun

   diffuse inflammation of the entire brain
   types:

   Bosin's disease, Dawson's encephalitis, SSPE, Van Bogaert encephalitis, inclusion body encephalitis, sclerosing leukoencephalitis, subacute inclusion body encephalitis, subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

   a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years

   rubella panencephalitis

   a rare loss of mental and physical skills in adolescents; associated with the rubella virus

   type of:

   cephalitis, encephalitis, phrenitis

   inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)